MARGAO
A meeting of the Carmona panchayat laid stress on resolving the garbage problem facing the village. The meeting also decided to have the gram sabha of the panchayat around mid January 2019. After the meeting, newly elected Sarpanch Allwyn George told the media that a field trip of the village panchayat members, besides members of the garbage committee, has been arranged to the Saligao treatment plant to get first hand experience on tackling waste. He said the panchayat has decided to increase the frequency of garbage collection, adding that the proposal to levy garbage collection fees will be placed before the gram sabha. In another decision, Allwyn said that a decision has been taken to hire daily wage workers to handle and sort out waste, adding that the panchayat will approach the villagers, church and the Comunidade to provide land for waste-handling facility. He pointed out that the village development and panchayat administration has been adversely affected due to the absence of a full-time secretary. He said the Salcete BDO office has been approached to clear the internal roads of wild growth of bushes. He said a meeting will be arranged to discuss the process for finalizing the village gram panchayat development plan.
